[urq] Strut tower bearings for early UrQ

[Michael Hopton]

I have a set of the Mance bearings, they certainly look well
engineered. You have to drill 4 holes in the strut tower using
a tool supplied so they won't be for everyone....

As to their performance I haven't got the car back on the road  
yet :(

-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Brady Moffatt
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 5:01 PM
To: 'Thatcher Hubbard'; Urq List
Subject: Re: [urq] Strut tower bearings for early UrQ

Isn't Mance up to something new, using stock "green" bearings and
reinforcing them with a poly spacer? I saw something in the marketplace
about these recently. Looked cool.

No affiliation, couldn't pick him out of a lineup, etc.

Cheers,
Brady

-----Original Message-----
From: Thatcher Hubbard [mailto:thatcher.hubbard at gmail.com]
S

The difference I've heard between the "green" 4kq units and the "blue"
Urq ones is that the blue ones are of a much harder rubber.  I think at
least one Urq owner on the list has tried the green ones and completely
worn them out in very short order.

The increasing difficulty in find the blue units is what led me to an
interest in those spherical bearing units Mance Etheridge was making,
not sure if he's still doing it though.  At $395 for the pair though, if
they work as advertised, it's a deal.

On 5/11/06, Ben Swann <benswann at comcast.net> wrote:
> I am R/Ring and installing new Koni strut cartridges on my '83 Ur 
> Quattro using stock springs.  I want to have parts on hand and went to

> order some strut bearings.  My local dealer informed me the bearings 
> were unique for this application and were $167 each and in limited 
> supply.  Ouch!  He said they were different from the 4000 quattro 
> bearings which are under $30
each.
>
>
>
> So - what is so special about these UrQ strut bearings?  Can I
substitute?.
> Is there another version that will work fine?
>
>
>
> Anyone have a set?  Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> Ben
>
> benswann at comcast.net
>
> 83 urq, /[][] =oooo= [][]\ alpine and Inga
>
> '90 Coupe Quattro (==\ oooo /==) ES2 Conversion
>
> 91 200qa20v, [ =!\=oooo=/!= ] avant and sedan
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